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Gon Erez Starts New Personal Blog to Share Stories from His Nonprofit Management ExperiencesMALVERN, Pa., Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TELA Bio, Inc. ("TELA Bio") (NASDAQ: TELA), a commercial-stage medical technology company focused on providing innovative soft-tissue reconstruction solutions, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of TELA Bio approved inducement grants of restricted stock units covering 1,700 shares of its common stock to three newly-hired employees, with a grant date of December 11, 2024 (the "Grant Date"). The restricted stock units were granted pursuant to the Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4) inducement grant exception as a component of each individual's employment compensation and were granted as an inducement material to his or her acceptance of employment with TELA Bio. The restricted stock units will vest in equal annual installments over four years, subject to each individual's continued service with TELA Bio through the applicable vesting dates. About TELA Bio, Inc. TELA Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ: TELA) is a commercial-stage medical technology company focused on providing innovative technologies that optimize clinical outcomes by prioritizing the preservation and restoration of the patient's own anatomy. The Company is committed to providing surgeons with advanced, economically effective soft-tissue reconstruction solutions that leverage the patient's natural healing response while minimizing long-term exposure to permanent synthetic materials. For more information, visit www.telabio.com. Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "predict," "forecast," "project," "plan," "intend" or similar expressions, or statements regarding intent, belief, or current expectations are forward-looking statements and reflect the current beliefs of TELA Bio's management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially and adversely from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the "Risk Factors" section and elsewhere in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Any forward-looking statements that we make in this announcement speak only as of the date of this press release, and TELA Bio assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this press release, except as required under applicable law. Investor Contact Louisa Smith ir@telabio.com
CHICAGO — Minnesota Vikings kicker Parker Romo made a 29-yard field goal in overtime for a 30-27 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field. Quarterback Sam Darnold threw a 29-yard pass to tight end T.J. Hockenson to get the Vikings in position for the field goal. Darnold also completed a 20-yard pass to Justin Jefferson, a 9-yard pass to Aaron Jones and a 12-yarder to Hockenson to fuel the drive. The Bears won the coin toss before overtime and started with the ball on their 30. But quarterback Caleb Williams rushed for 1 yard, lost 12 yards on a sack and was called for a delay-of-game penalty. He threw a 10-yard pass to DJ Moore on third-and-26, and the Bears punted. Before extending their losing streak to five games, the Bears (4-7) made a furious comeback from 11 points down to force overtime. DeAndre Carter’s 55-yard kickoff return set up the Bears on their second-to-last drive, when they were down 27-16. Williams then completed five passes on a 40-yard touchdown drive, which ended with a 1-yard pass to Keenan Allen with 22 seconds to play. Williams found Moore for the 2-point conversion pass to cut it to 27-24. Defensive back Tarvarius Moore then recovered Cairo Santos’ onside kick. Williams hit Moore with a 27-yard pass up the middle, and the Bears ran to spike the ball at the 30-yard line. Santos hit a 48-yard field goal as time expired in regulation to send the game to overtime tied at 27. Williams completed 32 of 47 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns. Darnold had 330 yards on 22-for-34 passing with two touchdowns. Wide receiver Jordan Addison had eight catches for 162 yards, and Hockenson added seven catches for 114 yards. The Bears pulled within eight points on Williams’ 10-yard touchdown pass to Moore with 7 minutes, 22 seconds to play. Williams’ 2-point conversion pass to Allen was out of reach, and they trailed 24-16. The Vikings (9-2) responded with a 26-yard field goal to make it a two-score game. Darnold briefly left the drive with an injury, and backup Nick Mullens completed a 14-yard pass on third-and-13. Darnold returned to complete the drive, which Romo finished with his second field goal and a 27-16 lead before the Bears mounted the comeback. The Bears had two big special teams mistakes earlier in the game that looked costly. In the first half, Santos had his second straight field goal blocked on a 48-yard attempt. And late in the third quarter, Carter had a punt hit his leg and Vikings outside linebacker Bo Richter recovered at the Bears 5-yard line. Five plays later, Jones scored on a 2-yard run for a 24-10 lead. ©2024 Chicago Tribune. Visit at chicagotribune.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw one short pass in the open portion of practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he remains slowed by an injury to his throwing shoulder that has already forced him to miss a game. Purdy spent the bulk of the session of Wednesday's practice open to reporters as either a spectator or executing handoffs outside of one short pass to Jordan Mason. Purdy hurt his shoulder during a loss to Seattle on Nov. 17. He tried to throw at practice last Thursday but had soreness in his right shoulder and shut it down. He missed a loss to Green Bay but was able to do some light throwing on Monday. His status for this week remains in doubt as the Niners (5-6) prepare to visit Buffalo on Sunday night. Purdy isn't the only key player for San Francisco dealing with injuries. Left tackle Trent Williams and defensive end Nick Bosa remain sidelined at practice Wednesday after missing last week's game. Williams was using a scooter to get around the locker room as he deals with a left ankle injury. Bosa has been out with injuries to his left hip and oblique. Bosa said the week off helped him make progress and that he hopes to be able to take part in individual drills later in the week. Bosa wouldn't rule out being able to play on Sunday. "It’s feeling a lot better,” Bosa said. “Still need to get better before I’m ready to go. This week will be big and I’ll know a lot more in the next couple of days.” Running back Christian McCaffrey has been able to play, but isn't back to the form that helped him win AP Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 after missing the first eight games this season with Achilles tendinitis. McCaffrey has 149 yards rushing in three games back with his 3.5 yards per carry down significantly from last season's mark of 5.4. But he is confident he will be able to get back to his usual level of play. “When you lose and maybe you don’t jump out on the stat sheet, your failures are highlighted,” he said. “I’m happy I’m out here playing football and I just know with time it will come.” Coach Kyle Shanahan said he has liked what he has seen from McCaffrey, adding that there hasn't been much room to run in recent weeks. But Shanahan said it takes time to get back to speed after McCaffrey had almost no practice time for nine months. “Guys who miss offseasons and miss training camp, usually it takes them a little bit of time at the beginning of the year to get back into how they were the year before, let alone missing half the season also on top of that,” Shanahan said. “I think Christian’s doing a hell of a job. But to just think him coming back in Week 8 with not being able to do anything for the last nine months or whatever it is, and to think he’s just going to be in MVP form is a very unrealistic expectation.” NOTES: LB Dre Greenlaw took part in his first practice since tearing his Achilles tendon in the Super Bowl. Greenlaw will likely need a couple of weeks of practice before being able to play. ... LB Fred Warner said he has been dealing with a fracture in his ankle since Week 4 and is doing his best to manage the pain as he plays through it. ... CB Deommodore Lenoir didn't practice after banging knees on Sunday. His status for this week remains in question. ... DT Jordan Elliott (concussion), OL Aaron Banks (concussion) and LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (knee) also didn't practice. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw one short pass in the open portion of practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he remains slowed by an injury to his throwing shoulder that has already forced him to miss a game. Purdy spent the bulk of the session of Wednesday's practice open to reporters as either a spectator or executing handoffs outside of one short pass to Jordan Mason. Purdy hurt his shoulder during a loss to Seattle on Nov. 17. He tried to throw at practice last Thursday but had soreness in his right shoulder and shut it down. He missed a loss to Green Bay but was able to do some light throwing on Monday. His status for this week remains in doubt as the Niners (5-6) prepare to visit Buffalo on Sunday night. Purdy isn't the only key player for San Francisco dealing with injuries. Left tackle Trent Williams and defensive end Nick Bosa remain sidelined at practice Wednesday after missing last week's game. Williams was using a scooter to get around the locker room as he deals with a left ankle injury. Bosa has been out with injuries to his left hip and oblique. Bosa said the week off helped him make progress and that he hopes to be able to take part in individual drills later in the week. Bosa wouldn't rule out being able to play on Sunday. "It’s feeling a lot better,” Bosa said. “Still need to get better before I’m ready to go. This week will be big and I’ll know a lot more in the next couple of days.” Running back Christian McCaffrey has been able to play, but isn't back to the form that helped him win AP Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 after missing the first eight games this season with Achilles tendinitis. McCaffrey has 149 yards rushing in three games back with his 3.5 yards per carry down significantly from last season's mark of 5.4. But he is confident he will be able to get back to his usual level of play. “When you lose and maybe you don’t jump out on the stat sheet, your failures are highlighted,” he said. “I’m happy I’m out here playing football and I just know with time it will come.” Coach Kyle Shanahan said he has liked what he has seen from McCaffrey, adding that there hasn't been much room to run in recent weeks. But Shanahan said it takes time to get back to speed after McCaffrey had almost no practice time for nine months. “Guys who miss offseasons and miss training camp, usually it takes them a little bit of time at the beginning of the year to get back into how they were the year before, let alone missing half the season also on top of that,” Shanahan said. “I think Christian’s doing a hell of a job. But to just think him coming back in Week 8 with not being able to do anything for the last nine months or whatever it is, and to think he’s just going to be in MVP form is a very unrealistic expectation.” NOTES: LB Dre Greenlaw took part in his first practice since tearing his Achilles tendon in the Super Bowl. Greenlaw will likely need a couple of weeks of practice before being able to play. ... LB Fred Warner said he has been dealing with a fracture in his ankle since Week 4 and is doing his best to manage the pain as he plays through it. ... CB Deommodore Lenoir didn't practice after banging knees on Sunday. His status for this week remains in question. ... DT Jordan Elliott (concussion), OL Aaron Banks (concussion) and LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (knee) also didn't practice. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLUS President Joe Biden on Sunday said deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should be "held accountable" but called the nation's political upheaval a "historic opportunity" for Syrians to rebuild their country. In the first full US reaction to Assad's overthrow by an Islamist-led coalition of rebel factions, Biden also warned that Washington will "remain vigilant" against the emergence of terrorist groups, announcing that US forces had just conducted fresh strikes against militants from the Islamic State organization. "The fall of the regime is a fundamental act of justice," Biden said, speaking from the White House. "It's a moment of historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria." Asked by reporters what should happen to the deposed president, who reportedly has fled to Moscow, Biden said that "Assad should be held accountable." Biden -- set to step down in January and make way for Republican Donald Trump's return to power -- said Washington will assist Syrians in rebuilding. "We will engage with all Syrian groups, including within the process led by the United Nations, to establish a transition away from the Assad regime toward independent, sovereign" Syria "with a new constitution," he said. However, Biden cautioned that hardline Islamist groups within the victorious rebel alliance will be under scrutiny. "Some of the rebel groups that took down Assad have their own grim record of terrorism and human right abuses," Biden said. The United States had "taken note" of recent statements by rebels suggesting they had since moderated, he said, but cautioned: "We will assess not just their words, but their actions." Biden said Washington is "clear eyed" that the Islamic State extremist group, often known as ISIS, "will try to take advantage of any vacuum to reestablish" itself in Syria. "We will not let that happen," he said, adding that on Sunday alone, US forces had conducted strikes against ISIS inside Syria. The US military said the strikes were conducted by warplanes against Islamic State operatives and camps. Strikes were carried out against "over 75 targets using multiple US Air Force assets, including B-52s, F-15s, and A-10s," the US Central Command said on social media. Earlier, Biden met with his national security team at the White House to discuss the crisis. Assad's reported departure comes less than two weeks after the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group challenged more than five decades of Assad family rule with a lightning rebel offensive that broke long-frozen frontlines in Syria's civil war. They announced Sunday they had taken the capital Damascus and that Assad had fled, prompting celebrations nationwide and a ransacking of Assad's luxurious home. A Kremlin source told Russian news agencies that the deposed leader was now in Moscow, along with his family. The US military has around 900 troops in Syria and 2,500 in Iraq as part of the international coalition established in 2014 to help combat the Islamic State jihadist group. It has regularly struck targets in the country including those linked to Iranian-backed militias. Tehran was a major backer of Assad's government. Biden also confirmed US authorities believe the American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria in 2012, still lives. "We believe he's alive," Biden said, but the US has yet "to identify where he is." bur-sms/mlm
KANNUR: Muslim League state secretary KM Shaji alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the CPM and the state government tried to destroy him by politically hunting him and his family. Shaji was speaking to Kerala Kaumudi after the Supreme Court quashed the bribery and money laundering cases against him. Q. What is the reason behind CPM's animosity towards KM Shaji? Shaji: I have been at loggerheads with the CPM since my student politics days. They created this case to destroy me. CPM's grudge began when I won twice in Azhikode in Kannur, which is their stronghold. The animosity intensified when I exposed the mafia connections of the government and the Chief Minister. CPM should apologise for politically hunting me. Q. Did they hunt your family as well? Shaji: What mistake did my family commit? Modi government's ED joined hands with the Pinarayi government to hunt me down. They even tried to confiscate my house claiming that I accumulated unaccounted assets. They raided my house for several days. In the end, all their plans fell apart. Q. Was the complainant a local CPM leader? Although former Kannur block panchayat president and CPM leader Kuduvan Padmanabhan was the complainant, Pinarayi Vijayan was behind the complaint. It was alleged that I had accepted a bribe of Rs 25 lakhs for sanctioning a Plus Two batch in a school in Azhikode. However, neither the complainant nor the government was able to produce any evidence against me. In 2020, Vigilance registered a case against me, violating legal advice. The ED registered the case on the basis of this case. However, the High Court acquitted me in the case on June 19, 2022. The Pinarayi government and the ED then filed a plea against the High Court order in the Supreme Court. The government did not have an answer when the Supreme Court judges asked if they could show even a single statement alleging that Shaji had demanded a bribe. Q. Are you saying that the Modi-Pinarayi governments joined hands against you? It was Additional Solicitor General Raju who appeared for the ED in the Supreme Court. He was the one who approached the Supreme Court for the Centre against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. However, the Indian Constitution and the courts still remain a beacon of hope. I was confident that I would get justice.
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I read a long rant about the online submission of taxes posted on X, formerly Twitter, on the last day for submitting income-tax returns. This was by Nisansa de Silva, a friend who teaches computer science. It was a long thread and included words such as “rage” and many other words in capitals. But the most important sentences were: “Now I understand that this is the first time they are doing this online and it is bound to be bumpy. Woe be it if they go back to paper.” I too had spent many hours, standing in line to get my PIN, staring at the screen waiting for the system to respond, etc. I had gone through the same torturous process but strangely I experienced no rage. Was it simply because I was double my friend’s age? It was because I took part of the blame. This was not the first year they offered online filing. It was the year they made it mandatory. I had been asked to pick up my PIN six years ago when I had responsibility for matters digital in government; they had sent me a temporary PIN three years ago so that I could save a visit. And I had not taken a PIN. I teach about the peak-load problem, and I knew the system would be slow at best (and may even crash) on the deadline date. And yet, there I was standing in line for a PIN at the Inland Revenue head office two days before the deadline; and there I was staring at the screen hours from the deadline. Making everything to with taxes online is worth a cheer. And as shown by my (mis)behaviour, sometimes you have to crack the whip. If filing online was not made mandatory, I would not be writing this article. I would have done the calculations on my computer, entered the results in handwriting, and handed over the paperwork by the deadline. Having suffered the consequences of an inattentive employee wrongly entering my TIN, I know full well the need to eliminate handwriting and the reentering of data from the process. So, one cheer for throwing us into the deep end even with a bad product. But as my enraged friend said, do not go back to paper however many complaints there are. At the Inland Revenue head office last week, it was obvious they had not made adequate plans. Having beaten the bushes to increase the ranks of the tax filers and mandating online filing, they should have expected large numbers of taxpayers to come asking for PINs, especially because the online guidance was to come to the head office (on the hotline, it appears the correct instructions were given). The other option of waiting for the PIN to be mailed was no longer feasible by the last week. But why did the website give only one location, when there are multiple tax offices? I was told that a PIN could have been obtained at those locations, but that was after I had been standing in line for some time. But they improvised. Temporary counters had been opened and you could see officials working diligently under sub-optimal conditions. The responsible senior official was on the ground, trouble shooting and explaining. Even the Commissioner General came down to see what could be done to move the lines faster. So, the second cheer for hands-on improvisation. As anyone who went through the process can testify, the user interface is atrocious. If I were to describe all the flaws, this will turn into a long and boring article. But one problem is illustrative. If a mistake had been made in schedule 7 or 8 and was discovered after the pages had been saved, it was necessary to go from the start, saving each page. This just adds to the load on the backend and degrades service quality for all. If the system allowed direct access to a page, much pain could have been avoided. But that is not the suggestion. It is that the Department convene user groups to run through the process demonstrating the pain points they experience. The user interface team can use the findings to improve the interface. One cannot understand the difficulties normal people have with technology without looking over their shoulders as they navigate the system. In the US, every government form had to indicate how much time would be needed to complete it, on average. This was a floor indicator, because it could not include the time required to gather the necessary documents. It would be a good practice to adopt in all government agencies, but Inland Revenue can be the pioneer. In the case of online forms, which is the only option regarding individual income tax returns, what would have to be calculated would be the average time to completion. This would most likely lead to adding to the four options (paths) offered at present. For example, the process could be made much easier for many senior citizens if an additional path could be carved out for those reporting investment and interest income, in addition to the interest-income only option. Minimise the requirements to upload scanned documents. Unlike in the old days, entities that collect taxes on behalf of the state (PAYE, Advance Income Tax, Withholding) do so electronically. The RAMIS interface requires the filer to fill in all the details of the entity that withheld the money, including the TIN, certificate number, date, etc. It should be easy to match these details to the details accompanying the remittances from the employers, banks, etc. It’s difficult to see what value is added by the requirement to scan the certificates and upload them. Minimising the uploading of supporting documents will save the taxpayer time and reduce the load on the system. As the system is improved, it may even be possible to have the withheld-and-remitted amounts automatically filled in by the system. It is only in the few cases where the amounts claimed by the taxpayer do not match what’s in the system that there would be a need to upload documents. The performance of any system under peak-load conditions is what matters. As the number of taxpayers increases (as we all hope it would) there will be more people trying to submit their payments and returns on the last possible day. Some congestion at peak is unavoidable. Many organisations try to flatten the peak, using incentives or disincentives to push users to the valleys. Inland Revenue may consider distributing taxpayer interactions across the entire month of November by giving different deadlines to different groups of taxpayers. This is the crudest form of flattening the peak. Another method is to set discounts and surcharges. Submit 30 days early and get a 5% discount (but it would be necessary to prevent a peak developing there!); submit five days late and pay a 5% surcharge, for example. The efforts made by Inland Revenue to digitalise the system must be appreciated. The Department has the potential to become a leader in Government digitalisation if the momentum is maintained. No longer will it be the poster child of Government digitalisation failure. The actions of Deputy Commissioner General and other senior officials who waded into the crowds to trouble shoot in physical space should be replicated by the design teams in virtual space. Learning from the users and their experiences in navigating the system will be key to earning three cheers next year.General election: How does PR-STV work and should I vote the whole way down the ballot paper?
